US7363942B2 - Continuous automatic control and distributor valve, with a magnetic seal - Google Patents

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US7363942B2
US7363942B2 US10/530,235 US53023503A US7363942B2 US 7363942 B2 US7363942 B2 US 7363942B2 US 53023503 A US53023503 A US 53023503A US 7363942 B2 US7363942 B2 US 7363942B2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K11/00—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves
    • F16K11/02—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit
    • F16K11/06—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves, i.e. sliding closure elements
    • F16K11/072—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves, i.e. sliding closure elements with pivoted closure members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K31/00—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices
    • F16K31/02—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices electric; magnetic
    • F16K31/06—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices electric; magnetic using a magnet, e.g. diaphragm valves, cutting off by means of a liquid
    • F16K31/08—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices electric; magnetic using a magnet, e.g. diaphragm valves, cutting off by means of a liquid using a permanent magnet
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T137/86509—Sequentially progressive opening or closing of plural ports
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  • the object to which the invention protected in this Patent refers consists of a “continuous automatic fluid flow control and distributor valve, with a magnetic seal”.
  • the valve that is the object of the Patent is of the type of those that permit the distribution of the flow of a fluid among three inlet and outlet ways, one of which is shared and remains open all the time, while the other two are the progressive opening and closing type.
  • This type of valve has the disadvantage that its action can only be “all or nothing”, i.e. with complete opening or closing of the fluid inlet or outlet ports, with no possibility of regulating the through-flow by means of the partial opening or closing of said ports.
  • the purpose of the invention which represents the object of this Patent consists of the creation of a valve which overcomes the above-described drawbacks typical of solenoid valves and permits the regulation of the fluid flow distributed in its interior, for which purpose it has been devised, studied, designed and tested.
  • the electrical voltage applied to the conductor may be regulated manually or automatically, in the latter case using an electronic device that receives information by way of sensors on the magnitude of the variables (pressure, temperature of the fluid, etc.) which it is intended to stabilise and disposes the rolling of the seal in one direction or the other by means of said regulation, with limitation of said movement by lateral stops.
  • the seal gradually opens or closes the ports of two of the valve ways, which are aligned in the rolling path of the seal, thereby distributing the flow of the fluid between said ways.
  • the rolling of the seal over the ports permits their gradual opening or closing, thus regulating the flow rate of the fluid with precision over a wide range, as the seal is stable in all positions thanks to its dynamic equilibrium owing to the fine compensation of the forces that determine its movement in opposing directions.
  • FIG. 1 represents a longitudinal section of the valve, cut along the plane whose line is marked as A-A in FIG. 2 .
  • the seal lies at one limit of its sideways movement, establishing communication between one of the adjustable ways and the shared way.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross section of the valve, cut along the plane whose line is marked as B-B in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is also a longitudinal section of the valve, cut along the plane which is marked as A-A in FIG. 2 , although the seal appears centred in it, intercommunicating the three ways in a limited manner.
  • FIG. 4 shows the same section of FIGS. 1 and 3 , but with the seal at the limit of its sideways movement opposite to that of FIG. 1 , establishing communication between the adjustable way opposite the open one in FIG. 1 and the shared way.
  • the valve that constitutes the object of the Patent is of the type of valves that permit the flow of a fluid to be distributed among three inlet and outlet ways, one of which ( 7 ) is shared and remains open all the time, while the other two ( 7 ′)-( 7 ′′) are the progressive opening and closing type.
  • the structure of the new valve is composed of the following components:

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ES200202241A ES2230959B1 (es) 2002-10-02 2002-10-02 Valvula de distribucion y regulacion automatica y continua del flujo de fluidos, con obturador magnetico.
PCT/ES2003/000492 WO2004031633A1 (fr) 2002-10-02 2003-09-29 Valve de distribution et de regulation automatique et continue du flux de fluides, a obturateur magnetique

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